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Wow. Senior defense and intelligence officials said Iranian-backed insurgents intercepted the video feeds by taking advantage of an unprotected communications

Tom Friedman may want to think harder about this: Last week, five men from northern Virginia were arrested in Pakistan, where they went, they told Pakistani

Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced last week a record number of arrests of gang-affiliated illegal immigrants in Utah, netting 158 people alleged to

After giving Democratic U.S. Rep. Mike McIntyre his toughest race in years, Ilario Pantano announced today he is seeking a re-match in 2012 for North Carolina’s

All day, we’re re-running our favorite blog posts of the last year. This post was originally published on Sept. 11, 2009. Rep. Joe Wilson, the

Criticism hasn’t eased for Texas Gov. Rick Perry in the wake of his statement during a recent debate that the border can’t be secured and defense of his state’s tuition policy for some undocumented immigrants — and a two-day tour in Iowa this week doesn’t look like it will hold solace

After debating Pat Buchanan on Morning Joe earlier in the day about the efficacy of torturing terror suspects, TWI’s Spencer Ackerman returned to MSNBC last

Republicans put some effort into painting presidential candidate Barack Obama as an insufficient friend of American soldiers, with Exhibit A being his decision

The repeal of don’t ask, don’t tell, the U.S. military’s policy of banning openly gay servicemembers, was signed into law late last year. Nevertheless, Rep.

Congress has until Friday at midnight to pass 12 appropriations bills for fiscal year 2012, as well as stopgap spending legislation to keep the government

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Joseph Farah, who’s edited the conservative WorldNetDaily.com since its founding in 1997, is swinging back at an ad hoc campaign led by conservative blogger Jon

Four Senate Democrats have called for EPA administrator Stephen Johnson to resign. Environment and Public Works Committee Chairwoman Barbara Boxer

Christina Romer, leaving her position as the head of the White House’s Council of Economic Advisers this week, gave a flash response to the jobs report released

Starting tomorrow, members of Service Employees International Union are protesting the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement with a two-day prayer vigil

Finding that Guantanamo Bay detainee Abdulrahim Abdul Razak Al Ginco was no longer part of the Taliban or al-Qaeda after he was imprisoned and tortured by the

Governor Lincoln Chaffee of Rhode Island and Governor Christine Gregoire of Washington have petitioned the federal government to change the schedule of marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act, a move they claim will remove the conflict between federal drug laws and state laws that allow the establishment of medical marijuana dispensaries. Colorado will file its own request before the end of the year. Shortly after filing the petition, Governor Peter Shumlin of Vermont signed on as well.

The American Civil Liberties Union just won a court order against Sheriff Joe Arpaio in Arizona, who was illegally pre-charging female prisoners hundreds of

Following scant debate, the Senate last week approved an amendment to an Indian health care bill that would permanently prohibit the use of federal dollars

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Yesterday, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke gave a speech to the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council. He argued that the United States is on an